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IAG NOV 2020年11月亞博匯 106 2020 POWER 50 HAJIME SATOMI CHAIRMAN AND GROUP CEO Sega Sammy Holdings 里見治 主席兼集團行政總裁 世嘉颯美控股 44 POWER SCORE 權能指數 : 650 POSITION LAST YEAR 去年排名 : 41 CLAIMS TO FAME 名成事跡 One of Japan’s biggest pachinko suppliers Partner in Korea’s first integrated resort, Paradise City • • • • 日本最大的彈珠機營運商之一 韓國首個綜合度假村百樂達斯城的合夥人之一 DESPITE THE PACHINKO INDUSTRY’S BEST EFFORTS to remain open throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, one of its largest suppliers, Sega Sammy Holdings, has’t been immune to the crisis. The firm recorded a loss of JPY3.30 billion (US$31.3 million) in the three months to 30 June 2020, down from a profit of JPY1.72 billion (US$16.3 million) a year earlier on reduced sales across all of its business segments. Group-wide sales fell 33.5% for the period to JPY48.38 billion (US$458.3 million), with the company’s pachislot and pachinko machine business the hardest hit following the temporary closure of pachinko halls across Japan during the quarter. Opting to delay the release of new titles until the COVID-19 pandemic subsides, Sega Sammy sold just 485 pachislot units for the quarter compared with 17,930 in the prior year period, and 177 pachinko units versus 16,212 last year. Its resorts business, though smaller, has suffered a similarly seismic shake. Comprising the Paradise City IR joint venture with Paradise Co in South Korea and non-gaming Phoenix Seagaia Resort in Japan, net sales fell 81.1% to JPY464 million (US$4.4 million). Sega Sammy pointed to an 89.2% decline in table drop and 80.5% fall in guest numbers at Paradise City for the quarter. But the company isn’t wavering in its pursuit of a Japan IR license with Sammy Corporation founder Hajime Satomi firmly focused on the battle of Yokohama. Expect the company to throw its hat in the ring for its home base of Tokyo too should the Japanese capital city decide to join the race. 儘管 日本彈珠機行業在新冠疫情期間竭力維持運營，但其最大的供應商之一 世嘉颯美控股並未能從這場危機中倖免。截至2020年6月30日的三個月中， 該公司錄得虧損33億日元（3130萬美元），低於去年同期的利潤17.2億日元 （1630萬美元），主要由於其所有業務部門的銷售額均在下降。 整個集團的銷售額在此期間下降了33.5％，至483.8億日元（4.583億美 元），因應新冠衝擊導致日本各地的彈珠機館暫時關閉，該公司的彈珠機及彈 珠角子機業務受到的衝擊最為嚴重。世嘉颯美選擇推遲新產品的發售至疫情 消退，也因此當季該公司的彈珠角子機的銷售僅為485台，上年同期為17930 台，以及彈珠機的銷售為177台，去年同期為16212台。 其度假村業務雖然規模較小，但也遭受了類似的撼動。包括該公司與韓 國百樂達集團合資的綜合度假村百樂達斯城，以及非博彩類的日本Phoenix Seagaia度假村，營業額下降81.1％，至4.64億日元（440萬美元）。世嘉颯美 稱，當期百樂達斯城的賭枱投注額按年減少89.2％，訪客數則按年減少80.5％ 。 但是該公司的創始人里見治堅定地致力於橫濱之爭，並未動搖其爭取獲 得日本IR牌照的決心。若日本首都東京也加入角逐，相信該公司亦將加入首都 IR之爭。